Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-04-01


them. and have furnished AL alike. TIE
msn wtthg1s q cent cot hia share d the
s1pplies tbs nams es those VIA bad
t4aoo OF 5000 10 their Frrsss. and the
sa0ftest men 10 the eamp today are the
merchants. Thsy have given away their
enopliss 80 that they have cot 10 rustic
Tor rabbits the same a. the bzlane Of
us. Hers learned al about stegaTt
kfver. IL has been one Of the richest
rivers jet 81 covered II tsis coansgy-
Tbe Arst Iot % raen that worked IN Is,
ons year ago, u from 800 70 800
70 the man. Bus were worked which
vent $50 70 toe pan % dirt. The besl
diRRines we're from 100 20 90 miles
np the river. Parties have been up
the Stewart River about 40 mfiea.
and thsy estimate the main river
70 % 100 miles long a1d some Of lts
Tributaries are go miles long. None Of
these have been prospected yet. Every
man thai wJgked on stewart this year
made grub stake and some Of them
made - high 81 $500. Tue pay dirs -
htRa mp on tbs bars. 80 that high water
does not afrc work bat little. rke day
before / reached here there vas qaits =
stampede from here 10 Forty Nile creek,
l50 miles beI0@ this plaee. A party had
some baok from there and brought
some coarse gold and q esod many me-
sent bsck vita him. He reports good
bar diRxin0s on the creek aud coarse
gold 10 the guIshax. Some Of toe party
that vent With this first rush have -
turned and report favorable prospects,
and good many hsve gone there; a5me
Of them going of iust Is they had
So 49,. -
river full Of floating Ice and the Their
mometer bel0w zero. Among them was
Andy Holmes, late Of Seattle. since
then good reports have come from Sixty
Mile Geek, 80 miles below here. Both
these creeks head near together and run
one Oh each side ef the same range of
mountains. They are not creeks bat
rivers. one being 200 miles LONG and tbs
other being go miles long. Everything
shat 10 not 400 miles long is called
creek IN this country OF large rivers.
Most Of the msn here will 90 70 Forty
Mile Greek 10 the spring. q few will 20
up Stewart, where they know they can
make wages, and few will 90 TO Sixty
Mile creek. There are lots Of IS TO SO
diGRings on Stewart yet and the bars on
both tie new creeks will pay good
wages We are well assured. Next year
se expect q great rush Of miners and
the only trouble is 10 furnish supplies
for them. Men coming In here ought
70 bring at least one years supplies II
IL impossible for the merchants to get
transportation up the river ct present.
II Is 1900 miles frsm here 10 st. Michaels
and there are 5nly tvo small steamers,
the Yukon, owned By the Commercial
Company, and the New Racket, owned BY
Harper a %. The Yukon's load IL Is
tons and she leaves St. Michaela
With SIX to eight barRes 10 TOW. Of ten
tons each, two Of which are for this
place. Tue New Racket can bring up
twenty tons. and can make the trip 10
fifty days. McQaession. Harper & 90.
| would contract for the transportation
Of so tons Of freight for next year II
they could. They pay the Com
mercial Company $50 per ton, and fur
nish the crews for the barRes, making
their freight 800 per ton. The Yukon
On tkes only one trip year. The Nsu
Racket did not 90 dpvn last year. but
next year she will make three trips II
she can. Mr.. Jack MeQuestiou Il
spending the winter In San Franeisc5
vita headquarters at $40 Sansome
street. should any Of your steamboat
men want TO learn more Of this mattel
they can do 50 by writing to him. The
Yukon Ia very shallow stream. The
best known channel at lis mouth ha'
only By feet At low tide. Good Wooc
along tue banks IL plentiful and easy
20 get. The river IL nAvigshle 800 mile
above this place 90 the Five Fin1eI
Rapids. and think that the old Cheha
lls could 90 up through there II she haC
tue same crew aboard she had when sh'
vent up 10 the Portage on the SIX aQit
After passing this point ID IL sad steam
boating to the White Horse Rapids, %
miles.
All the miners here are 10 high hope
of striking IL rich next simmer. Ger
tainly there must be RO1d digging
somewhere Ia this oruntry. Gold hai
been found In paying quantities for so
miles on the Yukon kiver aud on sil
u its large tributaries. Tnis Ia cen
trail point, aud we hope for something
better than a gulch stake next summer
| ind by looking over the reports o. tn
tiRnal station. 30 miles below shis place
that the range Of the Thermometer 70
last year was from 30 degrees above /,
80 degrees below zero. his il thl
,Oldest ever known here. and hope 1
will not be as cold again, while / an
here. at least. The old settlers (HaFps
4 Co. have been here seventeen years.
tell us that this has been a very war I
fall. Twenty degrees below zero is thl
coolest weather We have had vet
Il Is not like your cold weather. Thu
Ia dry climate and good many parsie,
are still out hunting and prospecting.
mvself slept ont vish one pair OF blank
\ ats for fourteen nights from the 22i OF
October TO che 5th ~ November aud
cannot say that suffered from the cold
This Is great country for men 20 trave
in. They pack up for trip OF four oil
dve hundred miles With as little f1ss a:
you would 30 30 % Portland. Distances
does not count in this country. Most OF
the rivers are closed. The YnkOn Il
vet open but running full OF floating Toe
The Ice began 10 run in the Yuksn Oot
l2th, stRcs which time four boats have
came from the Simon river 10 this
place and a good many have gone from
here to points selos. The timber here
IL small bot very straight AMI fne grain
ed. IL is hard work 30 tiud tree that
GILL make II inch lumber. The hi lls
are covered With banch grass and che
bottoms furnish fac marsh grass pas.
turaee for the moose aud eargiboo
High bash cranbeFries are pleuty all
along the Yukon and they are God.
send 20 the miners this year for there IL
no dried frHit in the country and the
eranbeEries hang on the bashes all via.
ter Higher up on the Stewart river red
currants arow Ia abundance aud no on
Lake BENNETT ! had fne Wlld straWher.
Etes. Mr.. Harper tells me that two years
aeo he bad Cue garden l2o miles north
Of this ADD that be raised all the hardy
u vegetables all along the rakon river,
from here TO les mouth. So you zee shis
y an inhAbitAble country although u Is
loo miles from the Arctic otrele. I woald
saw 10 every enc coming into this ooun-
Try thAt they ought 70 have At least enc
wears supply OF everything they are APT
20 want Tie merchants hers viii try
90 obtain AL the supniies they can bot
| Is Sill hs impossible for them 90 get
over 10 tsaa They cell their supplies
/ ~ reasonable prices whsn they hAvs
then 10 cell. Floar. SIS par 100 pound;
bacon. 20 ccnts pee peand: beans. u
/ cents per pound; sugar 5 psunds for a..
/ Tie pFoba utilities are that supplies viii
/ be short here next sammss. 80 do
/ tot depend on getting ANYTHING
here And they oaSht 10 hAvs
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